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@rahulbh12 Thank you so much. I see the abuse hurled at Bengalis all the time. We bongs accept those hurls and reply with cheap unsubstantiated come backs. I am just trying to do my bit here telling stories about some phenomenal Bengalis who have been the architects of new #India .....(1/2)
@rahulbh12 (2/n) and history has not been kind to them because they didn't flaunt their achievements. It's an open challenge to a billion people on Social Media. Find me one family in the last 800 years like the Mukherjee's of #Uttarpara.
1) #KrittivasOjha - Krittivas #Ramayan..........
@rahulbh12 (3/n) 2) #MaaSharada - w/o #RamkrishnaParamanhsa
3) #NityanandaMahaprabhu - Considered incarnation of Balarama
4) #RajaJoykrishnaMukherjee - co founder of @INCIndia with Hume. Check original manifesto for proof.
5) #SirAshutoshMukherjee
6)#RajaPearyMohanMukherjee
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This will be a #Burnol moment for many. I will give you proof that all the history we are taught in schools & colleges in pure junk. They were all written by a certain vested political class. We need to fix it now. This tweet is about who founded the great #CalcuttaUniversity +
The 1st ever letter drafted towards establishing a state of the art University in India in lines of Oxford and Cambridge was drafted than none other than my GGGG grandfather #RajaJoykrishnaMukherjee in 1846. @primrose, you wanted it, I got it. The entire proposal! Earlier I ++
(3/n) just published the first page of the handwritten proposal. Here is the entire letter and everything is available at #UttarparaJoykrishnaLibrary if you want evidence. So here's the sequence of events in the run upto establishing one of the best Universities in the world++
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Since the capital of India moved from #Calcutta (Kolkata) to #Delhi, for some reason the hatred for Mukherjees became evident. I can guess why #RajaJoykrishna was wiped out, but why his younger cousin #SirAshutoshMukherjee? If you are a student of #Mathematics, have u ever (1/n) Image
(2/n) been taught "Mookerji Theorems"? While Raja Joykrishna Mukherjee was the architect of #CalcuttaUniversity (I will be publishing the complete proposal he gave to Cecil Beadon) the 3 biggest financial contributors were Sir Ashutosh, Taraknath Palit and eminent barrister++
(3/n) Rashbehari Ghose.
Trivia: There is a debate whether Rashbehari Avenue is named after Rashbehari Bose of Rashbehari Ghose. Their GGG Grandson is a good friend of mine and interestingly there is rift in the family over this. Bose was from his mother's side while Ghose.....
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Close your eyes, get on the time machine and imagine the period between 24th August 1808 and 1900. Elder cousin brother #RajaJoykrishnaMukherjee sets up 59 schools in 1 month in #Bengal, a record no has broken globally, sets up Indian Cultivation of Science & Calcutta (1/n) ImageImage
(2/n) University that produced the greatest scholars in the world while younger brother #SirAshutoshMukherjee contribution in the field of #Mathematics led to his appointment as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in +++
(3/n) (at the age of 21), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Member of the Royal Asiatic Society and a Member of the Bedford Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching in 1886, a Fellow of the London Physical Society in 1887+++
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Despite my deep despise for the party & what it stands for, I am thankful to the @AITCofficial Councillor Mr. Tapas Mukherjee & 3x Ex MP & 2x MLA Mr. Santashri Chatterjee from @INCIndia to put your differences & pay homage to one of the greatest sons of #Bengal & #India (1/n) ImageImage
(2/n) #RajaJoykrishnaMukherjee on his 215th birth anniversary on 24th August. He single handedly put Hoogly District on the global map & is only the 2nd person in India after #SirAshutoshMukherjee who had the audacity to refuse to meet King Edward VII & the Queen. The...
(3/n) between the 2 was the Queen & King themselves traveled to meet Joykrishna Mukherjee at #Uttarpara. That's the power the man held. Anyone who has lived in #Uttarpara & Bally would have heard about the Crown Gate. That's the history of it. It's an open challenge to any... Image
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Probably the last living humble legend from the house of the Mukherjees. Ex Chief Justice of Mumbai HC, ex Governor of Goa, grandson of #SirAshutoshMukherjee, nephew of #SyamaPrasadMukherjee, the current custodian of Ashutosh Memorial Institute & my uncle Shri Chittotosh....(1/2) Image
(2/3) Mukherjee. He was visibly upset at the turn of events in front of his house just before the memorial service at 77 Ashutosh Mukherjee Road. A man who closely saw and lived with #SyamaPrasadMookerjee in the same house describes SPM as " a true son of Bengal who felt that... ImageImageImageImage
(3/3) quality education is the only way forward towards building a progressive India". Image
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बंगाल टाइगर के बारे में तो आप सभी ने सुना होगा..आज हम आपको Tiger of Bengal
यानि बंगाल के चीते सर आशुतोष मुखर्जी के बारे में बताते हैं जिनकी पुण्यतिथि कल थी..
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आपने अंग्रेजों के विरुद्ध तलवार तो नहीं उठाई लेकिन यह सुनिश्चित किया कि अच्छी शिक्षा का उजियारा चहुंओर फैले..सब तक पहुँचे..
कलकत्ता में 29/06/1864 को संस्कृत विद्वानों के परिवार में जन्मे आशुतोष मुखर्जी का मानना था कि समाज को अंग्रेजों के रंगभेद और वर्गभेद से स्वतंत्रता दिलाने के लिए आवश्यक है कि ज्ञान की विस्तार आधार से लेकर उच्च शिक्षा तक पहुँचाया जाए।
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